“The Colbert Report” won Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Series on Sunday night — the latter breaking “The Daily Show’s” 10-year winning streak. Morgan saw it as another chance to lash out at Stewart from a distance.

Stewart was fiercely critical of CNN’s breaking-news coverage during last Monday’s Washington Navy Yard shooting, calling it a “Force 5 Wrongnado” of incorrect and poorly sourced information. Morgan defended his network by tweeting that Stewart should “stop obsessing with CNN and start worrying about the younger, funnier @iamjohnoliver getting his job.” John Oliver filled in for Stewart over the summer while he was directing a film.